hi, I tried this out myself- usually, I'm logged into 4shared because I have an account. To test it, I logged out and - I couldn't download the dress either, even after 10 times refreshing the link. I then looked at the FAQ section of 4shared, there I found this:

"To use our service, we require you to create an account and set up your virtual drive. This allows you access to your files from any laptop or PC connected to the Internet, just by entering your email and password. Your files are kept safe within your account until you decide to share them.

That means registration at 4shared is now required to download anything. So I suggest using another free file host for the next round, such as mediafire, where one doesn't need to be registered to download. I imagine that a lot of people don't want to bother with registering anywhere just to download our dresses. ;)

I didn't know either that it is okay to link to the direct download link. People don't even have to visit nextfashionartist to download Darknight's dress. I could've put direct downloadlinks on my site and on my tumblr as well, but IMO that would really be unfair to the other creators here and I also thought this was not allowed. So I think it really wasn't fair that Darknight posted the direct link, because it is the link that counts the downloads. Now the other competitors all have disadvantages in that regard. :(I think it would be best if this was disallowed from now on and that we are only allowed to link to the NFA page and not to the mediafire link.